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TO-DAY at the KING'S
Twentieth Century-Fox
presents with pride one of the truly great pictures of our era!
FOUR
SONS
DON AMECHE EUGENIE LEONTOVICH MARY BETH HUGHES - ALAN CURTIS GEORGE ERNEST - ROBERT LOWERY LIONEL ROYCE SIG RUMANN Produced by Darryl F, Zanuck Associate Producer Harry Joe Brown Directed by Archie Mayo Original Screen Play by John Howard Lawson Suggested by a story by L.A.R. Wylie » Additional dialogue by Hilton Sperling
A 20th Century Fox Picture
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The Band of the 2nd. Battalion the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
By Kind Permission of Lt. Col. D. J. McDougall, M.C. And Officers
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CHURCH BELLS AS
BATTLE CALL
November 22, 1940.
NEW AMERICAN NAVAL POLICY
IN LINCOLNSHIRE TO PROTECT NEW
The G.0.0. troops in Lincoln- shiro has issued instruction on the use of church bells to incum. bonts of all parishes in the county. It is stated that in the avent of an attempted invasion a general alarm would be rung by the sounding of every churchi bell throughout the county-per- hape throughout England-28 a tocsin.
WORLD AND PACIFIC
By THOMAS A. DOZIER United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON; OCT. 15—(UP)—(BY AIR MAIL)—THE UNITED STATES APPEARS DETERMINED TO ASSUME NAVAL LEADERSHIP IN BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE WESTERN rung loudly and confidently as a call HEMISPHERE AND UNITED STATES INTERESTS IN THE PACIFIC. to battle, the peals continuing for Ave minutes, 2
The bells, it is explained, would be
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In London nothing is known om-
The Navy department has laid down a new naval policy, predicated on the pri |jected two-ocean super-navy authorised by Congress and the acquisition of air and
naval base sites on British territory in the New World.
clally about a general alarm. It was quite possible, it was said, that thore
The new policy, which states as one of its objectives the organisation and maintenaneo of would be a general alarm for a the navy "for major operations in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans," was regarded by informed county, but It was improbable that there would be any ringing of belis naval strategists here as designed to meet new conditions occasioned by the chatic world situn throughout the whole country,
tion.
MRS. GOES ALONG Mr. Winston Churchill accompanies hor husband, Britain's Prime Minister, on inspaction tour of damaged docks along Thames river, London, after visit of Naxi bombors.
City District Fire Danger Arrested
The prompt arrival of four fire engines under Superintend- ent J. C. Fitz-Henry at a blaze which broke out at the basement of No. 13. Staunton Street, about 10.45 p.m. last night probably prevented the whole block going up in flames as most of the buildings were of the old type of tenement houses with wooden stairways and floors.
A short circult is thought to have been cause of the fre, which broke out among a quantity of rattan-ware and other oddiments in the basement used by the Wong Kam Kee frm 113 A godown. The ground floor was nccupied by the Fook Sing Nunnery.
An attempt was made to put out the fire by the occupants with buckets of water before the arrival of the fire brigade, but the dames had such a firm hold, that the effort was useless. The fre was under control about half an hour after the arrival of the
"The firemen, but large volumes of smoke continued to pour from the basement. No casualties have been reported.
The large crowd which collected were controlled by Police under Chief Inspector J. C. S. Fender, Inspector E G. Post and others.
South Africa Feels Deeply
Admiration For Bombed Britons
LONDON, Nov. 21 (Reuter). The sympathy and admiration with which South Africa is watching the Battle of Britain was stressed by Mr. S. F. Water- son, High Commissioner for South Africa, broadcasting from London to-night.
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Ho said, "My countrymen and women in their comparative safety, nvy you your privilege of being in he front line of the conflict in which we are engaged to-day."
Mr. Waterson emphasised that South Africa was "geared up" to contribute all she had in men, money and material for the Empire's war effort. Spontaneous outpourings of personal offerings from South Africa Jemonstrated that the strength of the British Commonwealth rested not apon written' pačia political rrangements but upon a true com- munity of ideals.
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Wife Hurt In Raid Refuses Anaesthetic A young wife after a London air rold was bruight to the surgeons uffering from a severe arm injury, britishe steadfastly"refused an anaes- theile thously allot ofätitches were required. Then she went, saying, "I must get home-nów, 1 Vdfos to make my old man his cup of tea"!
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RELIANCE ON BRITISH NAVY
These experts said that the United States, which has tradi- tionally relied on the British Navy to help protect the Monros Doctrine and preserve the status quo in the Far East, must be prepared to stand guard alone If necessary over the Western Hemisphere and this country's territories, possessions and in- terests in the Pacific arca.
Three Possibilities United States the task of maintain
They believed that present United States naval and mili- tary policy is based on three possibilities:
East less effective, leaving to the
ing the status quo in the Orient.
These leaders are cognisani ol Japan's aspirations, and feel that i the United States is to protect the Philippines, which is receive in- dependence in 1940, as well as other (1) That Great Britain will be American possessions in the Pacifie able to repel the German attack and this country must be able to speak continue to hold the balance of world with the authority a big navy" as- naval power, In this eventuality, sures.
one which is devoutly desired by
United States leaders, the combined They also feel that if Japan ob
over the Dutch navies of Great Britain and the talas domination United States could easily meet any East Indies and other areas of the threat from the totalitarian powers. walian Islands will be less secure.
Far East, the position of the Ho-
Fundamental Policy
(2) That if the British Isles are conquered, the British Fleet will be able to escape to other parts of the Empire such as, Canada and Aus- The new naval polley takes cogni- tralla, and in collaboration with an ance of overseas United States. ter augmented United Sties Navy, re- ritories by stating as fis fundamental toin naval domination in both the polley: "To malatam the navy in Atlantic and Pacific. In this event strength and readiness to uphold na- strength of the United States tional policies and interests and to Navy might we
well be the deciding guard the United States and is factor which will prevent German continental and overseas possessions. conquest of most of the English-
The new polley is predlented on the speaking world.
development of the three main bhees (3) That the British feet may be for the fleet-one on each court of captured, sunk or rendered incffee continental United States, and the Live in the war with Germany. In third in Hawall,
The
this event, experts said, the United
States must be prepared to assume
Other major provisions of the new
Great Britain's mantle as "ruler of polley include:
the
scas"
by having the strongest (1) To develop the navy to a possible navy. Under the new noval maximum fighting strength and abl program, It is believed, the Unitedity to control the sen in defense of States will be able to meet anythe nation and Its interests," threat from Japan or from the com-}
bined German and Italian navies, (2) To make effectiveness in war the objective of all development and Churchill's Reassurance
training."
Military' leaders here are hopeful (3) To maintain the Marine that either the first ar af worst the in auch strength as to provide the second eventuality will result from requisite feet murine forces and de the present war. They have been tachments for other raval purposes. greatly reassured by British Prime (4) To maintain and develop Minister Winston Churchill's declara- naval aviation as an intergral part tion that the British Fleet will never of the naval forces"
(5) To locate shore activities in be surrendered or scuttled.
They realise, however, that the such geographical areas and construct British Fleet's present occupation in them in such sites and in such man- the war with-Germany-and-Italy-hasner-ne-will-promato security against rendered British influence in the Forair and other attacks,"
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